&imwidth=800&imheight=600&format=webp&quality=medium "Thailand: Police arrests gunman, 18, after he injured 3 people at school")
A gunman launched an open firing at a southern Thailand school and injured at least three people. The Thai police said the gunman was shot and arrested. "Police shot the suspect in the Hat Yai shooting," Thailand's Central Investigation Bureau said in a statement, after earlier saying he had been shot. Police said the 18-year-old alleged shooter fired multiple shots at the students.
A woman and a teenage girl were hospitalised with gunshot wounds, and both underwent surgery, the Ministry of Public Health said in a statement. A second child suffered an ankle injury after they "fell from a height", it added. The Songkhla provincial government said in a statement that the suspect entered the Phatong Prathan Khiriwat School in "an agitated state while carrying a gun".
Several students and teachers were trapped in the school as police units surrounded the building. Authorities confirmed that the suspect surrendered after a two-hour standoff. The motive of the shooting remains unclear, although local media reports suggest the suspect may have had a grievance with a teacher at the school.
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